Historical Events In 1964

Sep 03 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

Sep 04 Forth Road Bridge opens in England over the "Firth of Forth"

Sep 11 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleve Auditorium

Jun 30 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit

Jun 03 Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee)

Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate

Jun 29 First draft of Star Trek's pilot "The Cage" released

Jun 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked

Jun 12 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment

Jun 05 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me", group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie

Jun 28 Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X

Jun 02 Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass

Jun 14 Nelson Mandella sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa

Jun 03 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis

Jun 16 Quake strikes Niigata Japan

Jun 26 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album

Jun 04 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark

Dec 05 The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year.

Dec 22 Quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute.

Dec 24 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek

Dec 15 Maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag

Dec 14 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"

Dec 31 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)

Dec 15 Canada adopts maple leaf flag

Dec 07 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs

Dec 12 Shooting starts for Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" (Menagerie)

Dec 02 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed

Dec 13 In El Paso, TX, LBJ and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border

Dec 22 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)

Dec 26 Moors Murderers claim last victim

Dec 26 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

Dec 03 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley

Dec 04 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album

Aug 29 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released

Aug 25 The Beatles receive a gold record their third for A Hard Day's Night.

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